Yesterday, I went fishing with two blokes in my boat that I had not taken out before. On the way, I said I only have one rule,

'NO bananas in the boat!'

One of the guys laughed and said ' I've got a banana! ' , I said Your kidding right? ' and he says 'No' its in the esky.

I immediately pull over and tell him to take the bananas out of the boat and throw them in the bush, before something catches fire. So he eats one and discards the others, but the boat was tainted already and for the first time this year we didn't get a legal barra.....

Luckily though, we did survive with no major mishaps.

I don't allow bananas, banana milk, banana muffins or banana boat suncreen. I discourage people from consuming bananas withing 48hrs prior to a fishing trip...

Whats your though on banannas in boats? Tell us your banana stories.

and yes there was a banana skin in my landcruiser when it got swamped...

I do not subscribe to the banana theory at all, and only use banana boat sunscreen..
Doesn't seem to give me too much bad luck...

...Oh appart from being stranded in the harbour without a starter motor once, nearly sinking from a severly cracked hull past charles point.. all this in 18months from brand new..

hmmm... maybe I should reconsider the banana power...

pfftt

The only thing that bothers me about bananas it that I'm not so fond of yellow.

Other than that......pfftt

I’m the same; I have stickers inside the boat telling the occupants no bananas are allowed onboard. I can smell a stinkin’ banana from a 100 m so there’s no chance of sneaking them in!
Funny thing though………..some wise-arse went around and put bananas in each and every boat one morning during the Barra Classic.
I thought I smelled something odd and it wasn’t Southy’s coit, as we commenced our pre-dawn walk down “The Hill” but didn’t worry about it. There was nothing obvious in the boat (the deckies had got there before me and turfed a banana before I saw it!). During the run down the river I kept getting a whiff of a firken narny, then out from under the console rolls the offending fruit, like a wayward rat, it kept attacking my feet!
WTF……………………a firken BANANA I yells and the boat comes to a screaming halt, after donning the gloves I sees the nasty narny overboard. Not wanting it or its aroma to get caught in the wash a quick rooster tail transforms it into “mashed” narny! Now there was no chance it could get our scent and re-appear during the day.

Funniest thing was…………………..that day was our biggest point scorer for the comp………………still…….....it hasn’t convinced me to allow the evil fruit onboard!

Friggin heck that was funny Blinky!

Never tested the banana factor myself but i also heard tinned tuna also brings bad luck??????????????

Its one for the mythbusters I think. I choose to err on the side of caution and leave the bananas at home. Any other time ill eat em. Just this week I had a banana cake, ten or so fresh nanas from my tree, a banana smoothy AND I spoke to a Queenslander!

Heres my story. Its an old forum post.

http://www.fishingterritory.com/viewtop ... sc&start=0

Cheers

No NO and NO.
Dont allow bananas onboard, dont like 13 and black cats are shot on site(all cats are shot on site)
Went to the nationals this year and while setting camp up one of the lads from NSW brings out a BUNCH of them.
Hit the roof, but no matter how much abuse and threats I let go they would not get rid of them.
With stories of doom and gloom we went fishing
Orientation day NO fish, they started to listen to me.
First day comp we got 5 fish with a 73 and 85 cm by me, the other two landed small ones and both lost a big fish each, so they reckon I was full of s#it,
next two days we only landed 1 fish between us per day but lost about 4 to 5 good fish a day, They started to listen to me and at the end of day 3 the offending bananas dissapeard.
The damage was done on the last day we fished hard and lost fish after fish with waric landing a 50cm fish 10mins before the comp finnished.
With many coments (by me) about bl..dy interstaters and there bl..dy bananas headed back upstreem.
We got just past browns when the brand new geerbow i just had fitted selfdistructs and leves us stranded in the river.
The company that rebuilt the geerbox the first time wont have anything to do with it saying I was somehow responsible for it , and the other company which i ordered a new geerbox from OVER A MONTH AGO still cant deliver my parts.
So as you can see BANANAS are a very touchy subject for me at the moment

This is a true story. I know because I made it up myself

Once there was a great Roman General named Mackerelus Maulus who as well as being very good at disposing of Caesar’s enemies was a fisherman of great renown. Mackerelus was as innovative in fishing as he was in war. Rather than using nets or baited lines for grouper and such he would ply the seas trailing jewel-like baubles holding hooks behind the boat. Only the fastest and strongest fish would be capable of catching these ‘lures’ and Mackerelus would battle them from his galley that had been greatly modified at the stern for his fixation.

The General soon realised that speed was an important factor in attracting the largest fish so his galley slaves were the fittest and strongest of the entire fleet. One day after dealing some of Caesar’s retribution to the Carthage fleet he decided to fish a convenient current line not far from the carnage.

Soon he had a nice pattern spread across his wake, he had just started to doze when the left outrigger let go. Mackerelus bolted for the chair as the ratchet on his Maxamillionaire screamed. The fight was short and disappointing, instead of a silver fish he had jagged a fat old shaman that had been on one of the boats he had sunk less that an hour ago.
He was about to cut the line to the hapless soul when the quick thinking shaman recognised whom had caught him. He called his name and begged to be spared, saying that he knew a secret way to gain more speed from his rowers. (Mackerelus’s yearning for faster rowers was well known across the Mediterranean). Curiosity got the better of the General and he dragged the man aboard to gain his secret.

The shaman told Mackerelus about a little known fruit that grew in a far off land that gave the strength of ten men to those who ate only them. The General immediately provisioned a ship and sent it off to bring back the plant. The plants were propagated in a secret garden outside Rome and the small yellow pieces of fruit fed to the rowers with outstanding results.

One year later the general’s ship had moved like it had wings. Mackerelus now regularly battled the fastest and mightiest fish of the sea. Presenting the rarest flesh to his Emperor and court, his fame now well known across the empire. A select group of rowers were now supervised by the shaman whom was personally responsible for their diet; they were all colossus amongst normal men.
It was about this time that the Cathaginian’s had stepped up their campaign of looting Rome’s supply lines. This had cut considerably into the General’s fishing time making him a rather testy individual. He decided that the raids had gone far enough so planned a bold attack at the enemy’s heart. He gathered his ships and headed off to the City port of Carthage to catch then unawares.

Unfortunately for Mackerelus a keen sighted sentry caught sight of his fleet and warned the enemy General who barely had enough time to put to sea and sail out to meet the Romans.
Now Mackerelus who had fed his rowers an extra ration of the fruit prior to leaving was several leagues ahead of his main fleet. When he saw the enemy sailing out to meet him he recklessly ordered the attack forgetting his distance from the main Roman fleet.
The enemy watched in amazement the single ship bearing down on them at incredible speed. One by one the Carthaginian ships fell to the General’s boat as it flew amongst them. The General’s luck finally ran out as by weight of numbers his ship was overwhelmed and sunk with all on board lost.

The Roman fleet now leaderless also fell. Within a year the Rome was conquered and the empire destroyed. The Greek alchemists who were only one simple step away from discovering the secret of nuclear fusion were all killed along with a similar group that had found a simple herb that increased human longevity and health many fold.
That is how we came to the present day and why bananas are seen as the unluckiest fruit you can take on a boat.

Yep, sounds similar to the story I heard too Dick.

No nannas on my boats.....EVER
no banana boat sunscreen...EVER
No Banana lollies...EVER (even if they make cool teeth when ya smile)
No Bannana cake.....EVER
No Bannana Muffins...EVER
No Bannana milk...EVER

I don't even eat bananas for 2 days before I go fishing just incase I need a number 2 when in the boat.......Them nasty bananas are still deadly after 2 days in your guts....

"ratchet on his Maxamillionaire screamed"


what a crack up Dick.. BUT at least the good general had good taste in reels

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Says the bloke that owns a .... wait for it.... you crack me up 2rods.... .

I actually read an article about why theirs "no bananas in the boat" rule.
What can i say we had bananas in the boat one day and when my uncle found out he sorta went off Later that day with the bananas in the boat still we had landed some nice goldies and mum got her first m+ jewie

so its really a believe it or not thing

Daniel

But why?
Where does it come from?
Does any one know the raison why no banana on boats?


Just simple curiosity from me, as where I came from it is not banana, but rabbits....
You don't even say the word on a boat without risking to be thrown overboard...

And I am sure that in other places it something else.

So why the bananas?

Pecheur